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LABOR CONGRESS.
It Discusses the Kelationa of Em
ployer and Employed.
Arbitration and Conciliation the Main Top
ic of Consideration Congressman
Springer Speak of II 1 Hill Com
miMlooer Wright Speaks.
Cihcago Nov. 15. The opening seo
Blon of the congTess of industrial con
ciliation and arbitration was called to
order by Lyman J. Gage. Prof. E. R.
L. Gould, of Johns Hopkins university,
read a paper on tho "History of In
dustrial Arbitration in England and
the Continent."
Judge William A. Vincent presided
at the afternoon session. James Pea
body, editor of the Railway Review,
speaking on the subject of "Arbitra
tion in Railway Affairs," said that the
law was now powerless to prevent the
crippling of railroads by the striking
of cmplo3-es. Some law was needed,
he thought, to prevent men from get
ting in a bedy without warning. The
public was more to be considered than
either railroad managers or employes.
L. S. Coflin, of Iowa, of the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen, thought
that railroad employes, as , in every
sense public servants, should not crip
ple the public service, but the rail
road should also pay them fair wages.
He believed that labor should have the
right to combine and make a strong
plea for Sunday rest for railroad em
ploye?. He was opposed to giving
state and national commissions more
power in regard to the settlement of
strikes. Let their work be merely
advisory.
Springer and Ills 11111.-
Representative William M. Springer
spoke on his bill for arbitration of
labor troubles between railroad em
ployes and employers. This bill is
now on the congressional calendar. It
asl.s for a national commission of arbi
tration of three members to be ap
pointed by the president at a salary of
5.000 each, to hold office for three
ytars. Mr. Springer believed that the
deference to public opinion of both
parties to labor controversies would
make them abide by any decision ren
dered by a national labor commission.
Rev. Dr. John H. Barrows, of this
city, presided at the evening session
"The Distinction Between Arbitration1
and Conciliation" was discussed by
Josephine Shaw Lowell, of New York.
Voluntary arbitration only came in
this country, she said, alter a long
siege between capital and labor, and
the public had entirely lost their
patience. The result was generally
satisfactory. The best plan, instead
of trying to arbitrate troubles and
strikes, was to prevent - them. The
character of employes and employers
needed to be changed; a Christian
feeling should prevail and concilia
tion was the word that applied.
Wednesday's Sessions.
Chicago. Nov. 16. Miss Jane Ad
dams, of Hullhouse, presided over the
Wednesday morning session. John D.
Weeks, editor of the American Manu
facturer and Iron World, spoke on th e
relation of manufacturers and em
ployes. Strikes he looks upon as the
fireatest of evils. The trouble cannot
1ms met by competition or the doctrine
of laissez faire leave alone. Legisla
tion or compulsory arbitration are out
of the question. Public opinion, he
thought, in addition to some method
of getting the contending parties to
gether for a peaceable settlement, is
the most potent factor.
. M. M. Garland, president of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron and
tsteel Workers, treated of the sliding
scale system and its workings. He
Baid:
"The amalgamated iron and steel workers
bare solved these labor difficulties, and their
solution has been in operation for twenty
eiffht years. The sliding-scale system and
fairness in the counsel-rocm have brought
about a peaceable settlement. To be sure, we
have sometimes disagreed, but eventually the
Ironworkers and their employers have come
together."
Carroll D. Wright, United States
labor commissioner, discussed the
"Distinction Between Compulsory and
Voluntary Arbitration," "Distinction
Between Compulsory Arbitration and
Public Investigation of Labor Dis
putes" and "Distinction Between Ad
judication of Past Contracts and Set
tlement of Future Ones." He said that
the labor question broadly stated sim
ply means a struggle for a higher
standard of living. A strike in itself
is simply a protest against changing
conditions adversely. It is only
through conflict that good ever comes
in this world. So the labor conflict
means the uplifting of the labor
ing man and the- bettering of his
condition. There should always pre
cede arbitration, he said, an attempt
at conciliation. Compulsory arbitra
tion is not to be thought of. A law
compelling workmen or employers to
accede to a decree of the court under
penalty could not be enforced. Mr.
Wright believed in public investiga
tion. Publicity is always salutary.
Let the responsibility for the troubles
be fixed, he said, and public opinion
will do the rest. It is more potent
than a mandate of the courts.
Prof. Adams, secretary of the inter
state commerce commission, read a
paper on "Economics of Arbitration."
There could be no industrial liberty
without industrial ownership of prop
erty, according to his views. He recog
nized, but two classes of persons the
property holders and those who have
no property. Without proprietorship
the labor question could never be
solved. There existed no interest
common to all laborers. Each trade
had its own interests and no combina
tion of all trades was possible. No
more was a great labor party a possi
bility. William II. Sayward, of Boston, sec
retary of the National Association of
Builders, spoke on "The Relation Be
tween Employer and. Employe in the
Building Trades." The workmen, he
declared, have never applied to em
ployers for sympathy; it is sole justice
that workmen want. The interests of
employer and workman are not identi
cal. Their relations are of the buyer
and seller.
As a final remedy the speaker advo
cated organization of both employers
and workingmen which would lead to
conferences and agreements between
the two classes.
As a substitute for conciliation and
arbitration, as generally accepted, the
speaker would substitute primary
agreements and thus do away with
any causes for trouble. Cure the causes
for all strife instead of stopping in
dividual cases.
"Necessity for Mutual Organization
was the subject assigned Samuel Gom
pers, president of the American Fed
eration of Labor. He declared that
the man who assisted, in any way, the
organization of labor was a public
benefactor, inasmuch as organization
assisted in conciliation and arbitra
tion. He continued:
"The strike Is but one of the eruptions of
the labor movement and one of the Infrequent
occurrences considered beside the great work
that the organization of labor performs, and
even these strikes men and women who are
honest desire zealously to see entirely elimi
nated or reduced In number.
"As one who has been Intimately and closely j
connected with the labor movement for more I
than thirty years from boyhood I say to you
that I have yet to receive a copy of the consti
tution of any geaoral organization or local or
ganization of labor which has not the pro
lsion in It contained that before any strike
shall be undertaken, conciliation or arbitra
tion shall be tried.
"To urge arbitration previous to the organi
zation of labor simply means the destruction
of the Interests of lubor. Compulsory arbitra
tion compulsory arbitration? Not If the
workingmen of America know it. I would
say to you as one who is a law
abiding citizen, as on who reveres the
institutions under which we live, as one who
wants to help In handing down the republic of
our country to our children and to posterity
unimpaired, but improved. If we can. I would
say thut 1 would advise my fellow workmen
and women to rise and resist by every means
within their power any attempt to force com
pulsory arbitration upon them.
A Commission Favored.
At the meeting of the speakers and
the conference committee of the fede
ration after tho adjournment of the
congress the following resolution was
passed:
"Having been requested by the subcommit
tee of the Civic Federation of Chicago having In
charge the conference of arbitration and con
ciliation to offer suggestions as to the trend
and value of the congress, as what might best
perpetuate its influence, the parties who have
been asked to present papers at the confer
ence do suggest and recommend to the said
subcommittee to report back to the Clvlo
Federation that a larger national commission
be established through the Civic Federation of
PMM(rt fop th niirTvufl nf nrrVMiriric th viilftr
amplication of nrinclnles discussed at this eon- '
gress."
THE FORESTS ABLAZE.
Colorado Camps In Imminent
I anger
Fire in Other State.
Boulder, Col., Nov. 17. A fierce fire
is burning in the pine timber on the
mountains west of this city. It started
Wednesday night in a sawmill, and
has already burned over an area of
several miles and is spreading rapidly.
Ward, a mining camp 19 miles from
here of 1,000 people, and Gold Hill, a
camp of 500 inhabitants 0 miles nearer
Boulder, are in danger of being de
stroyed. Many of the inhabitants
have fled. Several ranches in the can
yon between the two places have been
burned over. The settlers on the
small ranches up Left Hand creek and
the miners about the camps of Gold
Hill, Ward, Sunshine and Copper Rook
fought the fire all day. The territory
covered is about 14 miles from this
place and lies up through a narrow
canyon upon the mountain slopes. As
the day waned the situation of the
settlers became desperate. They saw
that unless Providence came to their
assistance the town of Gold Hill would
be destroyed.
A courier reports the destruction of
about one-half of the property of Camp
Talcott and Prussian mine and mill.
The timber around Gold Lake has been
swept bare by the flames. The
ranch house of Mr. Ely at
Lefthand was completely destro3ed
and Mr. Ely" was badly burned
about the face and hands. Mr.
Seaman, whose ranch was burned,
also suffered injuries. Fred Ehler's
property near Sunset was burned and
Ehler was found unconscious in an
outbuilding, where he had gone to en
deavor to save something. He is se
riously burned.
Oakland, Tenn., Nov. 17. While
Jeff Rayner and his wife, who live on
the James Newbern place, 4 miles
southwest of Oakland, were out
in the field picking cotton Thurs
day afternoon their home caught
fire from the burning grass and
burned to the ground in a few
minutes. In the flames perished
their three small children, aged 8, 5
and 2 j'ears. The fire had progressed
so far when the parents reached home
that they could not enter.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 17. Three negro
children were burned to death near
Chipley, Ga., Thursday. They had
been locked in the house by their
parents and the house caught fire.
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 15. Forest
fires in north Mississippi, west Ten
nessee and eastern Arkansas continue
to rage with unabated vigor and the
average value of property destruction
is maintained, though on account
of the population in the burn
ing districts being sparse and the
few people being busy fighting
the flames, it is impossible to gather
much information as to details. The
latest important fact learned is that
the fires have made their way into Al
abama in the vicinity of Florence, fol-
lowing the line of the Tennessee
river, whose banks are heavi
ly wooded. An army of men in
the Shoal Creek neighborhood near
Florence is engaged fighting the
flames to keep them from the settle
ments, yet a dozen bouses
burned down, and barns.
have been
fences and
crops swept away.
Natchez, Miss. Nov. 15. The house
of Louis Williams, 9 miles below
Natchez, burned and two young chil
dren were cremated in the blaz e
Williams and an older child were also
badly burned.
Fatal Explosion of Powder.
Sing Sino, N. Y-, Nov. 15. A quan
tity of gunpowder exploded in the
6 por ting-goods store of Abraham Jones
Wednesday. One man was killed and
several badly hurt. The building was
gutted by fire. Losa, $10,000.
SHOWN NO QUARTER.
Thousands of Armenians Are Mas
sacred by Cruel Kurds.
Men, Women and Children Ruthlessly Cat
Down The Butrhrn Ordered to
Kill One Hundred Per-
son Each.
Loxpox, Nov. 17. The chairman of
the Armenian Patriotic association. G.
Uagopian, has sent the following let
ter received from an Armenian, whose
name is not given because it would
jeopardize his life, to tho earl of Kim
beriy, the secretary of state for for
eign affairs. The letter is dated Oc
tober 9. It sa3-s:
"The so-called rebellion of the Armenians in
1H3 was a got-up affair, for the repression of
which the chief magnate got a decoration.
This year the Kurds carried off Armenian oxen
and tho Armenians' appeal for their restora
tion was refused. A fight ensued. Two Kurds
were killed und three were wounded.
"The Kurds immediately carried their dead
before the governor, declaring the Armenian
soldiers hud overrun the land, killing and plun
dering the Kurds. This furnished a pretext
for massing tho troops from far and near. The
troops were commanded by a pnsba and a mar
shal and were hurried to the district. The
pasha is said to have hung from his breast,
after rending it to his soldiers, an order from
Constantinople to cut the Armenians up root
and branch and adjuring them to do so if they
loved their king and government.
Nearly all these things were related here
nr.d there by soldiers who took part in the hor
rible carnage. Some of them weeping claim
tho Kurds did more, ond declare they only
obeyed the orJcrs of others. It is said that
loo fell to each of them to dispose of. No com
pulsion was shown to age or sex even by the
regular soldiery, not even when the victims
fell suppliant at their feet.
Six to ten thousand persons met such a fate
as even the darkest ages of darkest Africa
hardly witness, for there women and tender
babes might at least have had a chance of a
life of slavery, while here womanhood and in
nocence were but a mockery before tbe cruel
lust that ended Its debauch by stabbing women
to death with the bayonet while tender babes
were lmp.iled with the samo weapon on their
dead mother's breasts or perhaps seized by
the hair to have their heads lopped oil with
the sword.
"In one place 00 or X) women, after being
forced to serve vile purposes by the merciless
soldiery, were hacked to pieces by sword and
fcayonvt In the valley below. In another place
some 2iW weeping and wailing women begged
for compassion, falling at the commander's
feet, but the bloodthirsty wretch, after order
ing their violation, directed his soldiers to dis
patch them in a similar way.
"At unoibor place still a large company under
the lead of their priest fell down before the
commander, begging for compassion and aver
ring that they had nothing to do with the cul
prits. Hut to no purpose. All were called to an
other place and the proposal was mude to sev
eral of the most attractive women to change
their faith, in which case their lives were to
be spared. They said: 'Why should we deny
Christ? We are no more than these." pointing
to the mangled forms of their husbands and
brothers; 'kill us. too.' and they did so.
"But why prolong the .sickening tale? There
must be a Clod in Heaven who will do right
In all these matters or some of us would lose
faith.
"One or more consuls have been ordered that
way to Investigate the matter. If the Chris
tians instead of the Turks reported these things
In the city of Bitlis and the region where I
have been touring the case would be
different. But now we are compelled to be
lieve It. The magnates are having papers cir
culated, and are trying to compel the Chris
tians to sign them, expressing satisfaction
that justice has been dealt to the rebels, and
thanking the king and chief magnate himself.
The Christians of Bitlis will not sign."
Another letter says that some of the
regular soldiers themselves admit that
they killed 100 persons each in a fiend
ish manner, and that violation of
women was followed by the bayonet.
Twenty or thirty Armenian villages,
it would seem, have been wholly de
stroyed and some persons were burned
to death with kerosene in their own
houses.
Despite the Turkish government's
silence facts have oozed out which
leave no doubt a massacre of Christians
has occurred on as important a scale as
the butchery at Batak, Bulgaria,
which sent u thrill of horror through
the civilized world.
Constantinople, Nov. 17. The fol
lowing official aecotint of the Armen
ian troubles was issued Friday:
"Some Armenian brigands, provided with
arms of foreign origin, joined an insurgent
Kurd tribe for the purpose of committing ex
cesses. They burned and devestated several
Mussulman villages. As an Instance of
tho ferocity of the Armenians It Is
reported that they burned olive a mus
sulinan nobleman. Regular troops were sent
to the siene to protect peaceable Inhabi
tants against these depredation. The Otto
man troops not only protected and respected
the submissive portion of the population anil
the women and children but they reestablished
order and tranquility. Kespcctlng the Til
lages alleged to have been destroyed. It was
the Armenians who carried off all their be
longings before becoming brigands."
ROBERT C. WINTHROP.
The Venerable Massachusett
Statesman
Dies In Itonton.
Boston, Mass., Nov. 17. Robert C.
Winthrop died Friday night at 11:30
at the age of 85 3-ears. Mr. Winthrop
was the oldest surviving ex-United
States senator of Massachusetts, he
having served in 1S50-'51. Mr. Win
throp was also one of the oldest grad
uates of the Boston Latin school and of
Harvard college. He was the oldest
surviving ex-spcaker of the national
bouse of representatives, having been
elected to the Thirtieth congress.
He served on the floor only three
years when he was elected to the
speakership. He was one of the
oldest member of the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery company, an asso
ciation with which his family has long
been allied. Be also enjoyed the dis
tinction of having personally known
every president of the United States
with the exception of Washington and
Jefferson. Mr. Winthrop was the chosen
counselor of George Peabody in a
number of his benefactions and has
been, ever since ISG7, at the head of
the Peabody educational fund.
steps Taken at Chicago to Curtail th
Hour Output.
Chicago, Nov. 17. A committee of
twelve millers selected by the mer
chant milling interest at large met in
Chicago Friday to consider the de
sirability of arranging a plan to
curtail the output. The commit
tee cams from Ohio, Indiana, Minne
sota, North Dakota, Missouri, IUi
inois, Wisconsin and other milling
states. As a result of its deliberation
it was resolved to induce millers, if
possible, to curtail their output about
50 per cent. The idea is to reduce the
present 000,000 barrels surplus.
WILL TAKE TIME.
-Business Cannot Suddenly lie Raised front
It Depression.
New York, Nov. 17. R. G. Dun A
Co.'s weekly review ot trade says:
"In nearly all branches of business gradual
Improvement appears, and the hopeful feeling
observed last week has continued. Then 11
was also noted that the main conditions of
business and trade had not suddenly chand,
and this becomes clearer, to the disappoint
ment of some. Low farm products, low wages
and only partial employment of labor still re
tard distribution, and the limited demand hin
ders the recovery of industries. Progress
toward recovery has not ceosed, and many
establishments have resumed or added to their
j producing force, some also advancing wages.
but It will take time to lift business out of Its
depression, and the progress made, if less than
the sangulri expected, is at least encouraging.
The decision to offer J50.0l0,000 bonds for re
plenishment of the treasury reserve was. by
baukers. generally approved, but events are
thawing that restoration of confidence cannot
y Itself remove all embarrassment.
"Kxports cf breadstuffs, cotton, provisions
ind oil in October were 57.0nfi.367. ngainst
Ts.8J.035 last year, although 1.X)0,000 bales of
rot ton went abroad, and the value of tho same
)uantities exported this year would have ex
:eeded t70.0ou.MK) at last year's prices, the dif
ference in prices alone being $ 10,000,000 in cot
ion and $2,400,000 in breadstuffs.
"Failures in the tirst week of November were
rather lanrer than of late, liabilities amounting
So fcJ.K44.4l5, of which (742. 43) were of manu
facturing and 82.GW5.fo77 of trading concerns. In
Sve weeks ending November 1. liabilities In
lailures were 81I.1-J7JUO. of which S4.4tll.813
h ere of manufacturing and 86.571.t7l of trading
eoncerns. The failures of the past week have
been 270 in tho United States against 323 last
fear, and 34 in Canada against 30 list year."
Bradstreet says:
"Paratu the most conspicuous favorable
feature of the general trade situation Is found
In numerous reports from merchants and
manufacturers throughout the country
rf a disposition to regard the business
outlook more encouragingly and with increased
, confidence In an early improvement In trade,
j Even in many portions of the south and south-
west advices from the interior are that the
country merchant is doing an Increased vol
ume of business, based on favorable weather
tnd lanjo crops. This Is the more striking in
view of continued reports of the unfavorable
effect on trade south of the low price of cot
ton. "It is generally assumed
bonds w ill be taken at once.
that the offered
The effect is less
easy to anticipate, for the
formal announce.
ment that, ofter a general
reconstruction of
the revenue laws. It Is still found necessary to
lKrrow largely, tends to raise doubt about
financial provisions for the future. The re
ported importation of gold from London, with
a loss on Its face of JT.fxju at present exchange
rates, is presumably meant to affect bond sub
scriptions. There have already been some
withdrawals of gold from the treasury by re
demption of notes to make payments for
bonds, and goo.ls. rather than gold, are likely
to come from Kurope,
"The favorable change in the movement of
prices last week also continues, with higher
quotations for butter, eggs and hides: wheat
higher. us'ar. corn. oats. lard, pork and coffee
higher Cotton remains unchanged, but
leather, some grades of iron, print cloths and
wool and lumber at eastern markets are all
firmer. The more noticeable declines In quo
tations an; In a shaded price for Iiessemer plir
Iron and for live cattle and hogs at west
ern markets where receipts of low grades have
been free. Leaders in the wool trade say
prices for that commodiiy have reached their
lowest figure and that the increased demand
since election points to an advance, although
as yet domestic fleeces feel the competition of
Australian. The improvement In demand for
and distribution of dry goods has been suffi
cient to stimulate discussion of higher prices."
A FATAL BLOW.
Hob Kltssimmons Kill Con Klordan in m
friendly Sparring Match.
Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 17. At a spar
Ting match at Jacobs' theater Friday
night Bob Fitzsunmons struck Con
Riordan an apparently light blow on
the point of the jaw. Riordan fell to
.he floor like a log. unconscious. Rior
dan died at 3 o'clock this morning
without having recovered conscious
ness. Fitzsimmons is under arrest-
Fitzsimmons and Riordan stepped
upon the stage Friday night for a
friendly set-to with the gloves.
They had just shaken hands when
Riordan caught Fitzsimmons nap
ping and planted a heavy one
on his ribs. Quick as a Hash Fitz
simmons returned, catching Riordan
with an undercut on the jaw. Riordan
seemed dazed for an instant and tunk
to his knees and then to the floor, lie
attempted to rise, but fell over on his
back on the stage, lie was carried off
the stage and medical aid was sum
moned. Three physicians set to work
to bring the man to. Their efforts
were so nnsTK-cessful that he was
removed from the opera house to
his hotel. Electrical batteries were
applied at short intervals and
K ionlan was given hypodermic injec
tions, alternating with the electric
treatment. The man was groan
ing and breathing heavily, and
a white foam issued from his lips.
After an hour of the most vigorous
treatment the man was still uncon
scious. He remained thus until 8
o'clock this morning, when he died.
A NEW WATER POWER.
Syndicate Planning to Cut a Canal from
the Missouri to Stoux City.
Siocx City, la., Nov. 17. B. S.
Holmes and Aaron Halseth, of this
city, are at the head of a syndicate
that proposes to develop a great water
power from the Missouri about 10 miles
above here. Their plan is to cut through
a narrow neck of land that separates
the Missouri from the Big Sioux river
at a point were the Missouri's channel
is SO feet higher than that of the
Sioux. About half the volume of wa
ter in the Missouri will be carried
through a channel to the Sioux, devel
oping a water power that the promoters
say would run all the machinery in
the city. They have had all the sur
veys made, and have bought the right
of way for the canal. Tiie water taken
from the Missouri will be returned to
it after it gets into the Sioux, the lat
ter stream running into the Missouri a
few miles below the point where the
canal will empty into it.
Murder and Suicide In Chicago.
Chicago, Nov. 17. J. J. Htggins, an
electrician, shot and killed Mrs. Kate
McLaughlin, with whom he had been
boarding for some time, at her resi
dence, 822 West Monroe street, Friday
evening. He then killed himself. Hig
gins had been ordered to leave the
house, presumably because he was de
linquent in paying his board.
Stelnitz Wins the Flint Prize.
New York, Nov. 17. The chess mas
ters' tournament was finished. Steinitz
took first prize, Albin was placed sec
ond, and Showalter and Hj-mes divided
third and fourth prizes.
ADDRESS.
Remarks or Mis AVlll.rd at tbe W.
C. T.
IT. Convention.
Cleveland, Nov. 17. The twenty
first annual convention of the National
Women's Christian Temperance union
met . here Friday at Music hall.
Representative women are present
from every state and territory and
from Canada. There were prob
ably 500 delegates present and tho
hall was well filled with spectators,
with the exception of the upper gal
lery. Interest in the opening session cen
tered in the address of President
Frances E. Willard, who ably re
viewed the whole field of thought
and action for women. Miss Wil
lard reviewed the spread of the
prohibition propaganda throughout
the states of the union and in
England, Canada and New Zealand,
and the power which the ballot in the
hands of women had brought to the
cause. She referred to the broader
opportunities which the world now
offered women and recalled the fact
that while forty years ago there were
but seven employments open to
women, hardly seven now are closed
to them. The exhibition of woman's
form, whether real or pictured, before
audiences of immoral men was de
nounced, and the good work of the
union in bringing about its suppres
sion was commended.
The defeat of Breckinridge in Ken
tucky and the overthrew of Tammany
in New York city were referred to by
i the eloquent temperance leader as vic
, tories for women. She demanded equal
I standards of social purity for men
j and women and denounced lynch
; ing at any time and any place, and
I whether the person lynched be b'ack,
' brown or white she believed his tak-
ing off to be a crime against Hod.
j Referring to the demand for com
pulsory arbitration resulting from the
, Pullman strike. Miss Willard said
that if the call were heeded tho
' strike would be worth more to the
. country financially and every other
way than it hal cost. Women, she
j said, should b; on all the boards of
arbitration and conciliation. She
favored the establishing of industrial
' homes for victims of the alcohol habit,
j and urged upon every state W. C. T.
1 U. to petition the legislature for ap
' propriations for this purpose.
j The address scintillated with bright
j thoughts and sa3'ings. Miss Willard
referred feelingly to the death of Mrs.
; Mary A. oodbridge, of Chicago, cor
' responding secretary of the society,
i and to the loss of other good workers
j in the cause during the last
' year. She dwelt upon the work of
women as the unique feature in the
recent elections, and said that in Illi
nois the women had voted by tens of
thousands. The presence of women
at the polls, she said, had led to a
larger vote by the men and had se
cured the best order ever known at
elections.
The annual report of Mrs. Helen M.
Barker, treasurer, showed receipts:
Dues, $14,704.99; other contribu
tions, SI 1.314.2H. Total, S2G, 010.25.
Disbursements, S20.33S.07. Balance
in treasury, So.Gl.lS. There are
no outstanding bills. The receipts of
the year were in excess of several
previous years, and the dues showed
an increase in paid-up member
ships over last 'ear. lhis was
most encouraging in view of
the
financial stress of the year. Besides
the receipts shown by the treasurer's
books assets to the amount of SO.SOO
had been donated in interest-bearing
notes and stocks, but as they had not
been converted into cash, had not en
tered into the account
The annual report of the late Mrs.
Mary E. Woodbridge, who was for
many years corresponding secretary,
and which she bad prepared prior to
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her sudden illness and death, and
wnicn was reau uy .urs. Lt.
Stevens, set forth that the organ iza- I
tion had over 1.000,000 on members on
, 1 J , t T C X-
its rolls and is organized in forty-eight
nations.
A HOTEL
BURNED.
Urrat Loss of Life Prevented
by a Young
Olrl's Heroism.
Wichita, Kan., Nov. 17. The Patter
son house, at Harper, was destroyed
by fire early Friday morning, at a loss
of S20.000, and only throujrh the mag
nificent heroism of Maud Schermer
horn, a girl of 10, was great loss of life
prevented. There were thirty-eight
guests in the house at the time,
and many of them escaped with
nothing but their night clothes. Maud
Schermerhorn was the first to awaken
to the danger and, calling a compan
ion, the two tried to escape down a
back stairway, but were driven back
by the fire. Maud Schermerhorn's
companion fainted and the young girl
carried her through the smoke to a
window through which she lowered her
to an abutting roof and thence to the
ground. Both were badly burned, but
Miss Schermerhorn returned to the
house to awaken the guests. By this
time all the passages were full of
smoke, and, crawling on her hands
and knees, she went from door to
door giving the alarm, until finally
sh herself sank exhausted by her
burns and other injuries. In rushing
out one of the guests noticed the pros
trate form of the young girl and car
ried her out just in time, for a few mo
ments later all the avenues of escape
were cut off by flames. Many of the
guests were overcome by the smoke
and heat and had to be carried out.
"No Law Against It.
A prisoner in India recently, on be
ing released, revenged himself on the
assistant commissioner who had sen
tenced him by cutting off one-half of
his mustache while he was sleeping
out of doors on a hot night. It was
then found that there was no way of
punishing him under the penal code,
for, while cutting the hair of a native
is punishable as dishonoring the per
son, there is no such provision ior (
Englishmen, and the bodily harm done ,
was too blight to be considered
offense.
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AN ELOQUENT
SAND.
A Blinding; Simoon Causes
Much Loss
Oklahoma. y " j
Perry, O. T., Nov. 17. The simoon
of sand which has been raging in
Oklahoma territory for four days has
worn itself out. The surface of tbe
country in places is ffwept as clean as
a granary. In other places the sand is
drifted as the snows drift when
whirled by the winds. Many stocks of
goods in this place as well as in
other towns are covei ed with the e
of this storm. In some cases
sands of dollars would not paj
damage. Frail houses have been
wrecked and the roofs and timbers are
scattered far and wide. It is not pos
sible at this hour to estimate the ex
tent of the damage. In dollars and
cents it cannot be estimated.
Its results are yet to be known. It
stopped traffic of every sort. It blinded
those who faced it, and reports are at
hand indicating in some cases peo
ple who were caught in the hur
ricane any distance from habitation
fell before the cutting winds filled with
infinitesimal particles of sand and
perished and were oovered by succeed
ing avalanches of earth. Wives of
men who were out and who did not
return became frantic, and reports
j from several interior towns have it
that in some instances women died,
from terror.
In one cabin in the track of the si
moon two children were found tied
in a bed. The mother, a half-breed,
when she saw and heard the fury of
the wind, knowing what it meant,
secured her children in her poor
ly constructed home and started
out to reseue her husband, who was
at work on one of the prairies near
by. She became bewildered in the
darkness, for day and night were one.
j and fell. Her body was recovered
! Thursday, but nothing has been heard
J of the husband whom she went to res
! cue. The children, a boy and girl,
j were faint from want of food, and
; must have perished had they not been
j rescued at the moment.
! Ei. Rkno. I. T., Nov. 17. It is re
i ported here that a detachment of cav
j airy sent out from Fort Reno several
da3's ago encountered the simoon
and nothing has been heard of the
troopers since. Col. Wade, in command
of the post, does not think any
thing serious has occurred to his cav
j airy. Great suffering is reported from
i the interior, not only among the
whites, but among Indians. The sand
storm was so unexpected that many
were found unprepared.
A FINISHED LIFE.
Such 'Was the Career of Ir. James 31c
Cosh, of Princeton University.
Princeton, N. J., Nov. 17. At 10
o'clock Friday night ex-President Mc
Cosh, of Princeton university, breathed
his last. His death, which has been
expected for several days, was peace
ful and calm. The announcement was
made by the tolling of the college bell.
The noble life of ex-President James Mc
Cosa. of Princeton university. Is varied and
Interesting He was born April 1, 1810. in Ayr
shire. Scotland. His early years were spent
on his father s farm. In lsC4 he entered the
preparatory class at Glasgow university. Al
though maintaining tho honorable rank, he did
not surpass the leading students, and left Glas
gow without a professor or a student Imusining
that he would ever reach distinction. In the
fall of 19. he went to Kdinburgh where h
pursued a divinit3- course for five years. After
being in Kdinburgh but a short time he rose
to the front rank in scholarship and influence
' among students. He wa. interested deeply
In 1S34 hi was licensed to preach, but a mem
ber of the presbytery was appointed to advise
him to make his preaching less abstract and
more popular. During his career in the min
istry he was instrumental in establishing the
free church of Scotland. His first book, en
titled "Method of Divine Government." was
published in 1850. His reputation was at
once established as a writer and thinker. In
1S52 he was installed as professor of logic and
j metaphysics at ljueens colli ge at Uelfast.
I Here he devoted himself to research in pailo-
I sophical t.eids until lG-i and took active part
i In the philosophical battles of the time.
In lM.'hB rt,,.iv.., rti.,vltl.h fnfnrTn.
I '
ing him of his election to the presidency of
Princeton ecliege. In his reply he said: 'I de
vote my remaining life under God to old
Princeton and the religious and literary
interests with which it is idcntilled,
end. I fancy, will leave ni bones in your
graveyard I eskie the gnat and good men who
are buried ttcre." On the 20lh of October cf
the same year he arrived at New York. He
i was met cu his arrival nt Princeton by tho
fctudfiits with enthusiastic demonstrations,
ar.d throughout his log presidency of twenty
years he was deeply loved und respected by
the many students who came and went away
after four years under the healthful influences
of the venerable and kindly president.
In lSss lr. UcCosh resigned, owing to ia
firmity of line, and has lived for the remain
ing years of his long life in a quiet, uneventful
way at his home on Prospect avenue, ihe ob
ject of love and ven-.'ratioa of the college to
which he has devoted so much of his Life of
activity and usefulness
RUIN BY
HIGH WATER.
Much Damage
AllAlong the Thames liiver
in England.
London, Nov. 17. Remarkable tides
flowed in the lower Thames Thursday
and Friday. Many dwellings and ware
houses from Barking upwards have
been llooded.The water has been higher
than any time since tho memorable
tides of 1S.1. There has been a fur
ther rise in the upper river. Thou
sands of acres are inundated on the
farms at Maidenhead and Marlow to
the depth of 2 feet Some railways
have wholly suspended traffic. The
water rose a fathom above the level
at Hampton and poured over the
boundary wall of the old palace. Hood
ing the lawns and gardens. House
boats drifted from their moorings, and
then the sudden f-ubsidence left them
grounded cr capsized. Numerous dwell
ings and hotels in the neighborhood of
Windsor have been flooded.
KILLED AT A CROSSING.
Train Strikes a Wagon In New Jersey
Two Live Lost.
Rutherford, N. J., Nov. 17. John
Anderson, the owner of Anderson's
Rutherford & New York express, and
William Dougherty, a boy, were in
stantly killed Friday night at the Home
stead crossing of the Paterson plank
road by an east-bound train on the
Northern railroad of New Jersey.
They were returning to Rutherford
from New York with a heavily loaded
two-horse wasron and did not see the
train until too late to escape.
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